Ridge guide



J. THElS RIDGE GUIDE April 16, 1940.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 25, 1939 EEIIIIIIIH' Joseph TIZ BINVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

April 16, 1940 THEE 2,197,670

RIDGE GUIDE Filed April 25, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A TTORNEYS,

Patented A r. 16, 1940 qUNITE-D' STATES PATENT-"OFFICE RIDGE GUIDE Joseph Theis, Hutchinson, Kans. Application April 25, 1939, Serial No. 270,020

4 Claims. (01. 97-49) For reasons well understood'by persons accustomed to till the soil, it is desirable to have" the ground wheels of a tractor ride on the ridges of the soil. The wheels of the tractor, however, tend to skid laterally, especially if the wheels are provided With inflatable tires of the usual construction.

In view of the foregoing, the present invention 7 aims to provide a simple but effective means whereby the wheels of a tractor will be held in place on the ridges and be prevented from sliding laterally off the ridges.

Itis within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as'the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of corn struction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

' In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows in perspective, aportion of a tractor equipped with the device forming the subject matter of this application;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View;

Fig. 3 is a section taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional detail showing a 6 marks a U-shaped draw bar, the forward ends of the side arms of which are pivotally connected at 5 to the casings 2. The draw bar .4, however,

draw bar 4 and with the casings 2. v

In carrying "out the invention, depending hangers I are securely but detachably connected to the side arms of the bar 4, adjacent to the places 5 where the side arms of the draw bar are connected to the casings 2. In the hangers 1 are mounted the ends of a transverse support or.

merits i6, such as eye-bolts.

their rear ends are mounted to turn on the sup port 8, so that the arms can be swung upwardly if desired. The rear ends of the arms 9 are in terposed between the hangers 7 and set collars Hi on'the support 8.

In the intermediate portions of the arms 9, shafts I! are mounted to rotate. disks I2 are secured to the shafts ii and are located on opposite sides of the arms 9. arms 8 have forward extensions i l, on which are mounted weights I 5 held in place by securing ele- Suspension members are provided, and may be of various forms without departing from the spirit of the invention.

suspension members comprise chains l7 connected to the eye-bolts-lfi, and upwardly extended rods l8, having their lower ends connected to the chains 11. i

The rods l8 are vertically adjustable in forwardly extended and downwardly inclined bracket bars Ii), secured on the differential housing I by clamps 20. There are holes 2! in the rods 18, through which may be inserted pins 222 or the like, which, cooperating with the bracket bars i9, limit the downward swinging movement of the arms 9, and constitute, also, a means whereby, at the will of the operator, the arms 9 may be swung upwardly, until the disks are out of engagement with the ground, such a con-- sideration being of importance when the tractor moves over a highway or the like.

The suspension members neednot be constructed as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. For instance, recourse may be had to the structure depicted in Fig. 4 of the drawings. In Fig. i, parts hereinbefore described have been designated by numerals already used, with the suffix a. In Fig. 4, the chains l'la are used, and selected links of the chains may be engaged in In the embodiment of I the invention disclosed in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the

Soil engaging notches or seats 23, formed in the bracket bars I911.

When the device is in'the condition shown in Figs. 1 and3, the disks I? will follow the furrows oithe soil, and the wheels 3 of the tractor will be caused to ride the ridges of the soil, without any likelihood that the wheels will skid laterally off the ridges.

The device is simple in contruction, but will be found thoroughly advantageous for the ends in view.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a device for preventing the ground wheels of a tractor from sliding laterally off the ridges in the soil, a tractor having a draw bar, forwardly presented arms, means for mounting the arms on the draw bar, for vertical swinging movement, and soil engaging disks journaled on the arms.

2. In a device for preventing the ground wheels of a tractor from skidding off ridges in the soil, a tractor having a draw bar, hangers fixed to and depending from the draw bar, a support terminally mounted in the'hangers, arms mounted to swing vertically on the support, and disks journaled on the arms and adapted for engagement with the soil.

3. In a device for preventing the ground wheels of a tractor from skidding laterally o'fi ridges in the soil, a tractor, arms, imeans for mounting the arms on the tractor for vertical nected to the securing elements, brackets carried by the tractor, and means for securing an adjustable vertical connection between the suspension members and the brackets. v

JOSEPH THEIS. 

